, 1887-01-27

suddenly conceived the iGea that re
woGld Ike 10 do the climbing. AiichGy,
ho'%oylr, dill i4ot wish Is giSe up l.is
cherished design hut lie nj Last consented,
with provision that he was u - mp when
Doolsn came down.
mind We now, Doolan. always look up.
II yc look Town yen lose yer holt, vas
Mickcy's parting injunction, rs he held
the Lover tnd of the board, up which
Doulau Skinned to the first spike. Then
Micl.cy resumed his watermelon.
hen Doolan found himself hanging
bet 2.n earth and heaven his courage
begaa u oo2r. Besides, 1t was very hard
wor.. lifting himself up Int brick pile by
means u slender spikes. When within
fifteen feet of the top he shouted
l can't git up any fnrder- The next
spike ia loose"
Mickey stopped cutting out the red
heart OF the watermelon and looked up.
All, ahi', shouted he, she, ringly,
''yc're Altered. Come down N m
show yc how = climb it."
The sucef awakened Doolan's courage,
and a moment later he reached the top.
At his feet yawned the black mouth Of
the chimney. Above him was the blue
sky, partly yelled by continents Of cloud.
on 10 the right, and seen lngly SO near
that Doolnn trembled lest he might fall
into Il. lay Browns pond, dimpling in the
breeze, with swallows hawking back and
forth over II. \ butterfly flew airily by
him, its yellow wings huttering In the
gladstone sunlight Kneeling upon the
chimney top he WAS afraid to stand up.
Doolan saw all these things AS in a dream.
His consciousness of the beautiful was
dimmcd by the awful possibilities which
I.t 1.t tr..p hin. upI the mill roof JiQ
conscience was quickened. In hat time
of supreme danger he thought OF the
many mean things he had lone In his
brief career. He muttered q little half
articnlate prayer under his breath as he
looked with staring eyes into the great
black mouth OF the chimney, which
seemed to cape ut him like the wide
opened jaws Of II monstrous behemoth.
BY this time people, attracted by the
unusual sight Of n boy on the chimney
top, had begun to gather. They came
running ont Of Goose alley and down
Murray street. Transfers stopped their
horses, and conferred together about how
they could reach the boy. Noone offered
to 90 to Doolan's assistance by the way
he had gone but Mickey, who laughed ut
the danger. The flame Of Doolan's hope
flared up brightly for II moment, us he
RiM ilN ilibAIlfl tViiit running oONi IA
road.
''Did / raise ye fur thiss" shouted Mrs.
Doolnn, shaking her fist ut her son.
Come down out o. that afore yer father
comes home, or it'll be a sorry day fur
yeln
As Mrs. Doolan began to realize how
far her boy was from the ~ground-the
chimney had never seemed so high to her
before-shc saw that he had gone too
deep into the shadows OF fear to be awed
by any impending apple bough or leather
strap. And SO Mrs. Doolan stood in the
dusty road, her hands kLotted in her
apron, and grcedily watched her boy rs he
crawlcd backward over the chimney's
edge. She saw the feet which she had
tucked away only the night before beneath
the hcdclothes, feeling their way trem-
blingly over the bricks in search OF the
first spike. She heard the shout that
went up from the crowd when the feet
retsed on the welcome spike. Then she
hid her eyes behind her apron, while Il
deathlike silence fell upon the crowd. Her
boy had reached the loosened spike, Fear
fully hc placed his foot upon 1t. Pieces
OF mortar fell upon the On
pray L. the blessed Virgin and hang
OF, ..Ig out Il resolute voice from the
the crowd.
"Now, Mickey, take this rope up 10
him
Mickey crnwled up the board and
mounted step by step, up the hazardous
stairway. lie pissed the rope to Doolan,
VIM slipped the no.se in the end of it over
the SIP he aboy him aud slid downto the
roof, where he was received by It dozen
hands and laid in the arms OF his mother.
Mickey waited until Doolan was safe
Scorning the mid of the rope, he came
down the way he had gone up As he
Jumped upon the ROOF he exclaimed
"Thim Doolan b'ys is no good. What's
tn use in maxim n fuss over II little
climb New York sun.